by Scott M Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports

by Scott M Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim made history earlier this week with his 900th career victory. On Saturday, it was another team making history as the Orange had a 52-game regular-season non-conference winning streak snapped.

Temple stunned No. 3 Syracuse with an 83-79 upset win at Madison Square Garden in the first game since Boeheim's historic night.

Temple found a way to hang on despite not making a field goal over the final 5 1/2 minutes. Syracuse (10-1) never took a lead in the second half even though there were four ties in the back-and-forth battle.

Temple was coming off a surprising 72-62 home loss to Canisius on Wednesday and had lost 90-67 to top-ranked Duke earlier in the month.

"I don't think we would have won today without the loss in the last game," Temple coach Fran Dunphy said. "Our guys did a great job today. I wish it was worth more than one victory."

Temple guard Khalif Wyatt paced the Owls with a career-high 33 points, including 15-of-15 shooting from the free-throw line.

"This was a chance for us to show everyone that Temple is a real program," said Wyatt.

"I always wanted to play here because all the great players had a chance to play here," the 6-foot-4 senior said.

"We wanted to go inside and out and that meant me going up strong and fighting for rebounds," said Lee, who had nine rebounds, five offensive, and worked the baseline again and again against Syracuse's vaunted zone. "That's playing the Temple game."

Free-throw shooting shot the Orange in the foot. While Temple shot 29-for-36, Syracuse shot 19-for-34 from the line including missing four in the final 6 minutes. Point guard Michael Carter-Williams, the nation's assists leader, finished 7-of-15.

"They made free throws, we didn't," Boeheim said. "You don't like to say it comes down to that, but when you miss 15 free throws it's tough to win any game."

Boeheim remained at 900 wins, two behind Bob Knight for second place all-time among Division I men's coaches. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski has 938 wins.